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Africa: 'Climate Security a Reality, Not a Narrative'

[AlertNet] AlertNet posted an interesting piece recently titled "Climate-security as agent provocateur." The author, Katie Harris of the London-based Overseas Development Institute, rightly calls for "nuance" in making the case for the potential security and conflict implications of climate change.

Africa: Farmer Leaders United Against Climate Change

[IFAD] Rome - Representatives of farmers and rural producers from all over the world gathered at the Rome headquarters of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the Fourth Global Meeting of the Farmers' Forum.

Africa: Global Farmer Leaders Unite to Address the Challenge of Climate Change

[IFAD] Rome - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$9.8 million loan to the Republic of the Congo to help improve food security and incomes of smallholder producers with a particular focus on young people and women.

Africa: Activists Call for Unity Ahead of Green Economy Talks

[New Times] More than 300 African civil society organizations on Sunday called on delegates who are due to attend the 12th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) in Nairobi this week to unite towards a climate justice agenda and green economy.

Angola: UJES to Build Climate Change Centre

[ANGOP] Huambo - The chancellor of Jos'� Eduardo dos Santos University (UJES), Crist��v��o Sim��es, announced Monday the construction this year of a centre for study of climate change in central Huambo province, aimed at boosting the educational process of the country.

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Kevin Knobloch: Living in a glass house in the Heartland

Kevin Knobloch: Living in a glass house in the Heartland: Following the leak of its confidential data last week, the Heartland Institute called for ?common decency and journalistic ethics.? I couldn?t agree more. But an even-handed application of either or both would never lead an organization to dream up a middle- and secondary-school curriculum that deceptively undermines the truth.

Business leaders demand sustainable action at Rio +20

Policymakers and the business community should ramp up collaboration and demonstrate renewed leadership in order to achieve sustainable and equitable growth objectives, according to recommendations released today from KPMG's "Business Perspective on Sustainable Growth: Preparing for Rio+20" global summit.

AP Interview: UN climate chief courts CEOs in bid to accelerate efforts to curb warming

Source: Washington Post - STOCKHOLM — As governments bicker over who should do what to slow the pace of global warming, the U.N.’s climate chief is increasingly looking to business leaders to show the way forward to a low-carbon future. Christiana Figueres told The Associated Press that her efforts to reach out to high-profile executives from companies such as Coca-Cola, Unilever and Virgin Group represent “a deeper recognition of the fact that the private sector can contribute in a decisive way.”

Scientists Denounce Climate Change Denial, Censorship

Source: Inter Press Service - VANCOUVER, Canada, Feb 21, 2012 (IPS) - Amid revelations of a well-funded U.S. organisation's plans to deliberately distort climate science, scientists and journalists at a major scientific conference called on the Canadian government to stop its muzzling of scientists.

(Opinion): Climate Change: Good for Business?

Source: Huffington Post - While some see the threat of climate change as pitting the needs of the planet against those of progress and business, some brave entrepreneurs will seize the opportunity that efforts to build a more sustainable future will create.

Inter-ministerial groups to fine-tune India's climate change stance

Source: Times of India - NEW DELHI: In a consolidation of the Durban results, the environment and forests ministry has notified inter-ministerial groups that will advise on key elements of India's stance on climate negotiations for future. The groups, with officials from various ministries including power and renewable energy, will advise and guide the negotiating team through issues which are to be taken up through the year and at the full meeting of all countries in Qatar.

UN delegate: Technology transfer is not about the rich giving to poor

Source: RTCC - The UN system to transfer climate technology is not about rich nations giving to poor, according to a member of the UN climate agency’s Technology Executive Committee. The goal of the mechanism is to shift the technology required to reduce the impact of climate change, to countries where it is needed most.

Australia passes landmark carbon price laws

Australia's parliament passed landmark laws to impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in South Africa.

Study tallies health costs of climate disasters

Natural disasters tied to climate change not only cause physical damage but create significant health costs in terms of hospitalizations and lives lost, according to a study published Monday.

(Incandescent) lights to go out in China

China announced Friday it will phase out incandescent light bulbs within five years in an attempt to make the world's most polluting nation more energy efficient.

Warming gases saw biggest jump on record

The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated.

NYC-sized iceberg being born on Antarctica

Scientists on an aerial survey of Antarctica have come across an 18-mile-long break in an ice shelf, a sign that the unstable area is giving birth to an iceberg likely to be larger than New York City.

Scientist admits he tricked climate skeptics

In the field of climate science, when someone did something ethically questionable or misrepresented facts, scientist Peter Gleick was usually among the first and loudest to cry foul.

Spike in poaching threatens rhinos

Rhinos have roamed the Earth for millions of years, but at the turn of the century there were only about 50 white rhinos left in the world. All were in South Africa. Over the course of several decades, South Africans brought the white rhino back from the brink of extinction.  Through incredible conservation work, there are almost 20,000 white rhinos today.

As black bear numbers increase, so do hunts

Decades after President Theodore Roosevelt triggered a Teddy bear craze, the black bear nearly went extinct.

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Street artists join the war on Manila smog

Their canvas is a stretch of dingy concrete wall along Manila's main highway, where millions of vehicles stream past every day, belching exhaust that helps to create a noxious, unhealthy smog.